UPDATED: #BlackLivesMatter President Obama
By the numbers, abortion is a racist business and has been from the start. At The Daily Signal, Kate Scanlon wrote a piece entitled, “13 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Planned Parenthood Founder Margaret
3 Simple Suggestions about Sermon Illustrations
John Broadus in his classic preaching text, A Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons asserts, “The importance of illustration in preaching is beyond expression. In numerous cases it is our best means of
IMB Missionary on “Church with Jesus as the Hero”
IMB Missionary Nick Moore had this to say about Church with Jesus as the Hero: Christocentric. Gospel-Centered. Preaching Christ from all of Scripture. There is no shortage today of buzzwords and catchphrases in evangelicalism regarding the
Church with Jesus as the Hero: A Contributor’s Perspective
In many ways Church with Jesus as the Hero is the fruit of thousands of conversations amongst a church staff that has remained intact and unified in gospel ministry for over ten years. The book’s
Summer Baseball Reading Recommendations
Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty By Charles Leerhsen Simon and Schuster, 464 pp., $27.50 Charles Leerhsen seeks to tell the story of Ty Cobb, which he believes has not been told because Cobb’s life has
Catching Christ in Scripture: Christ-Centered Coaching from David Prince
David Schrock has written an excellent review of Church with Jesus as the Hero. He writes: "It’s been rightly said that preaching is more caught than taught. But what happens when a baseball player turned preacher and
Andrew Fuller on Sermon Preparation and Notes
Below, I have enumerated some of Andrew Fuller’s (1754-1815) observations about sermon preparation and sermon notes from his letter on “The Composition of a Sermon.” Do not overload your memory with words. Write down a
The Preaching of the Risen Christ: The Apostles and Us
Apostolic preaching is the application of what Jesus taught his apostles about preaching. Willem VanGemeren writes, “First, the sermons and speeches show that the preaching of the apostles is in continuity with the teaching of